GearNews.de Has Been Reviewing Our Banks!

3 of them, to be exact. Google hid this from us, so we had no idea until earlier today.

They’re all in German, so if you’re not German, you’ll probably want to use a browser translation plugin to read them.

Cool Jazz Soundset for Sequential Prophet Rev2

$29.00

94 smooth Jazz presets, compatible with the Sequential Prophet Rev2 analog DCO hardware synth. This soundbank is 100% Jazz-oriented, which means no Trance, Dubstep, or Techno sounds. The patches in Cool come straight out of songs by legendary artists of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. So this soundset is designed to fully exploit the Prophet’s bi-timbral architecture, rich Curtis filter, and 8-slot mod matrix to their fullest potential!

Patches in Cool are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Herbie Hancock, Bitchin Bajas, Parliament, George Clinton, Casiopea, Mehliana, Joe McPhee, Janelle Monáe, Snarky Puppy, George Duke, Gorillaz, Jamiroquai, George Benson, Resolution 88, Stevie Wonder, Weather Report, Seatbelts, James Brown, Chick Corea, and many many more!

Only 3rd party FX used in the demos was Virus TI2 reverb and delay applied to some Leads, Pads, and Plucks. All other FX are 100% from the Rev2. These patches are compatible with both the 8 and 16 Voice versions (sounds were designed on 16 V version).

Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Smooth Jazz, Acid Jazz, Funk, Soul, and RnB genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Basses, for quick reference

All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Sequential Prophet Rev2 synthesizer

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Desolate Ambient Soundset for Waldorf Blofeld

$25.00

94 lush Ambient presets, compatible with the Waldorf Blofeld hardware synth. This soundbank is 100% Ambient-oriented, which means no weird brass, pianos, or FX. This collection is based on many classic digital and analog sounds from iconic tunes of the last 50 years. So this soundset is designed to fully exploit the Blofeld’s multitimbral engine, complex wavetables, deep modulation, and expanded filters to their fullest potential!

Patches in Desolate are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Boards Of Canada, Hans Zimmer, Nightmares On Wax, All India Radio, We Are All Astronauts, Trentemøller, Shpongle, Brian Eno, Entheogenic, Tangerine Dream, Dawnchaser, Tycho, Angelo Badalamenti, Massive Attack, Amiranu, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some patches were set to INIT, so you have room to write and store your own patches without overwriting any existing sounds!

Only 3rd party FX used on these sounds were Virus TI2 reverb on the leads, pads, and plucks.

Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Ambient, Chillout, Downtempo, Psybient, and Cinematic Soundscape genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Basses, for quick reference

All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer

• SL license not required to use bank

Also compatible with Waldorf Blofeld VSTi (Windows and iOS versions)

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Elevate Trance Soundset for Waldorf Blofeld

$25.00

93 uplifting Trance presets, compatible with the Waldorf Blofeld hardware synth. This soundbank is 100% Trance-oriented, which means plenty of classic SuperSaws, and no weird clangs, effects, drums, shrieks, or pianos. The patches in Elevate come straight out of songs written using the Waldorf Q, XT, microQ, and Pulse synths. So this soundset is designed to fully exploit the Blofeld’s multitimbral engine, complex wavetables, deep modulation, and expanded filters to their fullest potential!

Patches in Elevate are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Armin van Buuren, Rank 1, ATB, Darude, Ratty, Ace Da Brain, DuMonde, Phalanx, Marcel Woods, PPK, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some patches were set to INIT, so you have room to write and store your own patches without overwriting any existing sounds!

Only 3rd party FX used on these sounds were Fruity Delay 3 and ValhallaRoom reverb, on the leads, pads, and plucks.

Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Uplifting Trance, Hard Trance, Tech Trance, Progressive Trance, and Classic Trance genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, Acid sounds, and Basses, for quick reference

All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer

• SL license not required to use bank

Also compatible with Waldorf Blofeld VSTi (Windows and iOS versions)

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Do Analog Synths Belong In Trance Music?

When folks jump on Facebook or Reddit to ask about the best synths to use for Trance, it often seems like there’s only 3 or 4 names that ever come up. Spire. Sylenth1. Virus TI (or OsTIrus, now). JP-8000 (or JE-8086, as of December 2025). The occasional mention of Diva. Lots of digital polyphonic VST plugins with some version of a SuperSaw baked into the architecture somewhere in the signal path.

And following that same thread, an almost equal number of Trance fans (especially the older ones) complain that everything sounds the same, and the life has gone out of modern Trance. While I fundamentally disagree with that premise, I do think there is something to the idea that Sameness has taken over the sound. Some folks would say the genre has become trapped in its own tropes and experimentation and deviation from the standard SuperSaws & Arpeggios ends in apathy or punishment from the scene, but I also don’t agree with that premise.

A lot of great tunes from the 90s on to the mid-2010s did not use those sounds, or they weren’t the primary focus, and those sounds had a lot of character.

And with the massive explosion in interest of analog synths that has happened since the 2010s, I think now is the perfect time for Trance artists to veer away from the typical SuperSaw sound, and start incorporating a little analog character and unpredictability into their mixes.

It’s true that most Trance producers avoid Analog synths. Many are monophonic, and the ones that aren’t, tend to be expensive, and have limited polyphony compared to their plugin cousins.

But there are still many places where Analog synths can serve useful secondary, and even central roles in big Trance anthems.

Where Analog Fits In The Mix

The most obvious example is what most folks associate Analog synths with… bassline duties. And Analog is great for basslines. Sometimes too great.

Take for example, these 2 songs. On Heaven, Wavetraxx and I used the Prophet Rev2 for a midrange bass layer, to add extra character to the low end. The rest of the song is digital, but DCO Analog sound still occupies a supporting role in the mix, and lends the character extra depth. The bass sound didn’t get used for the entire sub + midrange layer because the saturation baked into the sound was too heavy for the mix, and without lopassing to cut the lows and some lo-mids out of the sound, it would have clashed with the kick. But hipassed and notched tastefully, it sat tidily on top of the sub bass, and added an extra dimension to the music that makes it feel more organic.

Midrange Bass: Sequential Prophet Rev2

And below in Cascade Highway, the Prophet Rev2 is fully on bassline duties, in both the sub bass and the midrange bass. I used the Virus TI2’s Rate Reducer FX to give the midbass a kind of ‘talking’ evolving character. But the weight and punchiness of the DCO Analog sound in the lows (with added Osc Slop to the oscillator tuning to add classic analog behavior flavor) gives the tune a round warm character. And the nice part of the Prophet is its Panning capabilities, making it possible to create bouncing midrange basses that widen the song without needing any special technical tricks.

Sub Bass & Midrange Bass: Sequential Prophet Rev2

Lead The WaY

But for less obvious uses, Analog synths work great for Trance Leads. As you can hear in the playlist below, most of the synths use some forms of Pulse and Sawtooth waves, with some added FX to liven them up. Except for Empire of Hearts, every other song uses sounds that can easily be made on any analog synth with 1-2 LFOs and some basic Pulse Width and Pitch modulation capabilities (which is basically all of them). The Empire of Hearts lead could be made on any analog synth with 3 or more voices, and anything with a sub oscillator alongside 2 regular oscillators. The songs in the demos (we think, anyway) mostly use VA synths like the Virus, or Supernova or Q. But the waves the sounds are based on can be found on everything from a classic Minimoog to a Sequential Fourm or OB-6.

Indeed, modern analogs like the Prophet Rev2, Teo-5, Fourm, OB-6, and OB-X8 can even do quasi-SuperSaws, with the Teo-5 and Fourm sounding the best of the bunch (according to our Superbooth 2026 live tests). You can make digital-style sounds on Analog synths very capably, and in the case of the Teo-5, sound even better than the original sound you were trying to mimic.

More Than Meets The Ear

There is a lot of underutilized Trance potential in the many Moog, Sequential, Oberheim, Korg, Arturia, Behringer, and countless boutique Analog synths made by smaller companies, just waiting to be tapped into. With little more than a couple octave-spread square waves, a fast LFO on the pitch at a low setting, and a touch of white noise, you can make a buzzy biting lead synth straight out of late 2000s epic and progressive trance that would cut through any modern mix and add a certain je ne sais quoi to your music that listeners may not know is specifically analog, but will recognize as unique and pleasing, and subtly set you apart from everyone else.

Get Plucky

The same logic applies to plucks as well. Mono synths can be tricky for plucks, but if you’re willing to write riffs that are not just racing 16th note arpeggios with the notes all clustered together, or big stacked chords, you can make an analog mono synth sound every bit as big and majestic in a mix as any Virus or Diva pluck. And small touches like pitch drift, or analog filter variations in VCO synths lend a more organic quality to the sound that will feel more natural, without the need to apply special settings in a plugin to achieve it. And with Moogs, their baked-in low-mid saturation makes upper register plucks sound super round and rich.

Opening pluck: PL Skylark (from Skylarking by BT)

Although Analog poly synths sound very rich for plucks too. The Prophets all have their own individual character, and because they’re all polyphonic to different degrees, you can play some super nice epic chords with them. Some synths lend themselves better to warmer gentler sounds, others to brighter snappier sounds, but synths like the Rev2 can handle both very nicely (although it tends more toward bright by default).

Pluck: PL Everytime (from Everytime You Need Me by Fragma ft Maria Rubia)

And because every synth manufacturer uses different parts for their gear, sometimes even different parts between different synths in their inventory, even things as basic as Square and Saw waves don’t sound alike between instruments.

The timbral differences between different Moogs

So if every producer is using different instruments, be they budget or flagship, they will all sound subtly different from one another, and Trance will gradually begin to regain its lost feeling of variety. There have been a growing number of artists doing this, Giuseppe Ottaviani being one of the most notable examples, and it shows in his music. Arguments that folks can’t hear the difference in a mix are missing the point. It’s not that they’re hearing Analog specifically. What they’re hearing are variations in tone, timbre, and the differences in workflows that guide the production and mixing decisions for each artist, based on their instrument choices. When everyone is using the same easily-pirated VST plugins, everyone starts from the exact same place, and room for variation is narrower.

When everyone starts from different places, even when they’re all making the same genres, they’re all going to sound a little different.

Thanks to companies like Behringer making full on budget gear, Korg making mid-priced synths like the Minilogue and Monologue (and even the oft-ignored Prologue) and companies like Sequential creating entry-level analog poly synths (to say nothing of their older discontinued units like the Mopho and the Tetra), and discontinued Moog synths like the Slim Phatty and Subsequent 25 commanding more reasonable prices than the super expensive new gear on the market, there has never been a better time to explore all the options out there and start incorporating less-conventional synths and synth sounds into Trance.

So, Do Analog Synths Belong In Trance?

Absolutely. Does everyone need the most expensive, feature-loaded piece of flagship kit from the biggest prestige manufacturers? No. Will an Analog synth magically make your music world-class the moment you turn it on? Again, no.

But like with most anything else, if you know what you want your music to sound like, and you understand some basics about sound design and music composition, you can turn even the most basic and cheap analog module into the centerpiece of your next monster Luminosity anthem. It’s like Murderface says in Metalocalypse: “It’s a very dangerous weapon to know what you’re doing”.

And in a world where every Uplifting Trance 2026 Mix sounds like the same 3 Spire SuperSaw presets, we all owe it to our listeners to do something different, even if it’s so subtle they might not notice it immediately. The music world’s homogenized a lot in the last decade. Let’s mix things up a little.

AltWire Just Reviewed Our Sub Phatty and Mininova Soundbanks!

Hey all! The good folks over at AltWire just reviewed our entire Sub Phatty / Subsequent 25 soundbank line, and our 3 Mininova Trance soundbanks, and you can read it all down below!

We're finally back to working on the Virus TI2!

We know, it’s been a hot minute since we last did anything for the TI series. But that is all changing this summer!

We have multiple new banks planned, and coming soon!

Some will be sequels, but most will be brand new, for new genres we haven’t yet touched!

So standby for some massive new sounds!

And check out the latest TI2 bank we’ve made, Misty Ambient Soundset for the Access Virus TI2 & OsTIrus!

Misty Ambient Soundset for Access Virus TI Series & OsTIrus

$29.00

95 lush Ambient presets for the legendary Access Virus TI virtual analog synthesizer series. This soundbank is 100% Ambient-oriented, which means no weird brass, Trance sounds, or Techno patches. Presets in Misty are based on famous sounds from songs by big artists of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. This soundset is designed to exploit the TI’s wavetables, HyperSaws, deep mod matrix, and multitimbral virtual analog sound engine to their fullest potential!

Patches in Misty are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Boards of Canada, Tycho, Bjork, Dawnchaser, Massive Attack, Amiranu, Nightmares On Wax, All India Radio, Tangerine Dream, The Orb, Shpongle, Trentemøller, Angelo Badalamenti, Brian Eno, Entheogenic, We Are All Astronauts, Hans Zimmer, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some patches were set to Initial, so you have room to write and store your own patches without overwriting any existing sounds!

No 3rd party FX were used in these sounds.

Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Ambient, Chillout, Downtempo, Psybient, and Cinematic Soundscape genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Basses, for quick reference

All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Access Virus TI, TI2, Snow, or Polar synthesizer

Also compatible with Adam Szabo Viper VSTi,* DiscoDSP Retromulator, and the The Usual Suspects OsTIrus

*there will be some differences in some sounds due to differences in the architecture and features between the TI2 and Viper

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Our adventures at Superbooth!

Hey all, we’re back from Superbooth 2026 in Berlin, and GASing super hard over a lot of really powerful instruments!

Had a blast meeting all the people behind the synths we make sounds for, and we went deeeep down a hole designing patches on the Iridium and Leviasynth and Fourm (and also discovered just how kickawesome the Teo-5 is)

You can see our video of the weekend, and our explorations of different synths here!

Kulshan Studios Will Be At Superbooth 2026!

Not as a vendor, obviously. But we WILL be roaming around the event all 3 days, checking out gear, talking with synth manufacturers, and getting into shenanigans!

If you see us wandering around, don’t hesitate to give us a shout! We’re always down to have a bier and talk shop about synths and sound design and music stuff!

GearNews Reviewed Our Blofeld and JD-08 Ambient Soundsets!

You heard it right!

GearNews just reviewed Windswept for the Roland JD-08, and reviewed Desolate for the Waldorf Blofeld (again)!

Check it out through the button below!

Explore the ambient sounds of the JD and Blofeld

Altitude 6 For Roland JP-8080 & JP-8000 & JE-8086 Is Out Now!

We have another new Altitude Trance soundset for the JP8080 and associated software clones, and you can get it now! It features sounds from the likes of Wavetraxx, Armin van Buuren, Clokx, Dave Joy, SHOKK, Denga & Manus, Alphazone, DJ Scot Project, Selu Vibra, and many many more!

It’s compatible with and includes files for the Roland JP8000 and JP8080, The Usual Suspects JE-8086, DiscoDSP Corona and Retromulator, Adam Szabo’s Airwave, and Arturia’s Jup-8000V

Grab your copy now and get cracking making epic tunes!

Altitude 6 Trance Soundset for Roland JP-8080 & JP-8000 & JE-8086

$27.00

50 uplifting Trance dual-layer performances, compatible with the Roland JP-8000 and JP-8080 hardware synths. This soundbank is 100% Trance-oriented, which means no weird brass, pianos, or FX. The sounds in Altitude 6 come straight out of songs written using the JP8000 and JP8080 synths. So this soundset is designed to fully exploit the JP’s iconic SuperSaw oscillator, lush chorus, and virtual analog sound engine to their fullest potential!

Performances in Altitude 6 are based on sounds from songs by the likes of S.H.O.K.K., Phalanx, Alphazone, Armin van Buuren, 4 Strings, Ice, Wavetraxx, Ampire, Clokx, Ferrin & Low, Jcquence, Ruff Stuff, Cosmo Nova, Selu Vibra, E Nomine, trance[]control, Ron van den Beuken, Talla 2XLC, Bas & Ram, Sol 7, Denga & Manus, Nebulus, Arome, Vengeance, Warp Brothers, Basis 1, Floorburner, Ace’s Delight, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some slots were set to INIT, so you have room to write and store your own sounds without overwriting any existing presets!

Only 3rd party FX used in this video was Virus TI2 reverb, on the leads, pads, and plucks.

Sounds in this pack are suitable for the Uplifting Trance, Hard Trance, Tech Trance, Progressive Trance, and Classic Trance genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Basses, for quick reference

All performances are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Roland JP-8000 or JP-8080 synthesizer

Also compatible with Adam Szabo Airwave, The Usual Suspects JE-8086, DiscoDSP Retromulator, DiscoDSP Corona VSTi using included .syx file, and Arturia Jup-8000 V VSTi using included split Performance files

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GearNews Review of the New JP-8080 Soundbank!

GearNews’ contributor Rob Puricelli just included Dawnchaser’s latest JP-8080/JP-8000/JE-8086 soundbank in his review of some new synth presets and synths! Check it out and see what the GearNews crew are saying about Dawnchaser’s latest work!

Altitude 5 Trance Soundset for Roland JP-8080 & JP-8000 & JE-8086

$27.00

50 uplifting Trance dual-layer performances, compatible with the Roland JP-8000 and JP-8080 hardware synths. This soundbank is 100% Trance-oriented, which means no weird brass, pianos, or FX. The sounds in Altitude 5 come straight out of songs written using the JP-8000 and JP-8080 synths. So this soundset is designed to fully exploit the JP’s iconic SuperSaw oscillator, lush chorus, and virtual analog sound engine to their fullest potential!

Performances in Altitude 5 are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Andy Blueman, Nitrous Oxide, Jorn van Deynhoven, Phalanx, Akira Kayosa, 3XM, Arctic Moon, Solarstone, DejaVu, Artur Obraans, Ruff Stuff, Carl B, Scot Project, Earth Inc, Suncatcher, Ace Da Brain, Markus Schulz, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Oliver Smith, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Warp Brothers, ATB, Sol 7, Standerwick, Aimoon, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some slots were set to INIT, so you have room to write and store your own sounds without overwriting any existing presets!

Only 3rd party FX used in this video was Virus TI2 reverb, on the leads, pads, and plucks.

Sounds in this pack are suitable for the Uplifting Trance, Hard Trance, Tech Trance, Progressive Trance, and Classic Trance genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Basses, for quick reference

All performances are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Roland JP-8000 or JP-8080 synthesizer

Also compatible with Adam Szabo Airwave, The Usual Suspects JE-8086, DiscoDSP Retromulator, DiscoDSP Corona VSTi using included .syx file, and Arturia Jup-8000 V VSTi using included split Performance files

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New Pitch Modulation Tricks Video Is Up Now!

Feeling like your leads and plucks and pads are static and plasticy and lifeless? Unsure how to liven them up?

Take a gander at our latest tutorial video, and learn a few of our tried and true sound design techniques to instantly improve your sounds, with minimal effort!

Our Virus TI2 Presets Are Compatible With The Usual Suspects OsTIrus!

You heard it here first! All Kulshan Studios hardware soundbanks for the Access Virus TI2 are fully compatible with The Usual Suspects OsTIrus emulator plugin! All the original HyperSaws, Wavetables, Graintables, filters, modulations, FX, and original oscillator waves are perfectly-emulated in the DSP56300 Project’s code clone, and our Trance, Psytrance, House, Hands Up, Dubstep, and other hardware soundbanks will all load into the plugin with 100% accuracy! Whether you’re using only the software, or keeping it as a backup in case your hardware breaks, you’ll have full access to the exact same sounds no matter what!

So you can just load the soundbanks in, and get busy writing your next club smasher with the full power of the Virus!

To load the presets into the plugin, after you install the plugin and get the firmware installed, open the plugin, and go to

Browser

Right click on Data Sources

Select Add Folders

Choose the master folder where you store all your downloaded soundsets

The preset packs will all appear in Data Sources under their various folder and subfolder names, and since the packs are organized by genre, and subdivided by patch category, you can get right to work writing your next massive festival anthem!

Transform your productions with authentic Virus tones. Shop the preset collection below

Note: you can improve the emulator plugin’s dynamic polyphony and increase the available voices of the synth by using an external reverb plugin like ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer, Valhalla Supermassive, or Valhalla VintageVerb, or Eventide Blackhole. If you use ValhallaRoom, here are some free presets optimized for modern productions using the Virus that will add professional depth and space to your tracks

Our Nord Lead 2 & Nord Lead 2X Presets Are Compatible with The Usual Suspects NodalRed2X and Discovery Pro!

You heard it right! All Kulshan Studios hardware Nord Lead 2/ Nord Lead 2X soundsets will work in The Usual Suspects NodalRed2X Nord Lead emulator and DiscoDSP’s Discovery Pro plugin! All the original filters, modulations, and oscillator waves are perfectly-emulated in the DSP56300 Project’s code clones and Discovery Pro’s VST instrument, and our Trance, Psytrance, House, Techno, Drum n Bass, Synthwave, and Ambient hardware soundbanks will all load into the plugins with 100% accuracy! Whether you’re using only the software, or keeping it as a backup in case your hardware breaks, you’ll have full access to the exact same sounds no matter what!

So you can just load the soundbanks in, and get busy writing your next club banger with the raw power of the Nord Lead 2X!

To load the presets into the plugin, after you install the plugin and get the firmware installed, open the VST, and go to

Browser

Right click on Data Sources

Select Add Folders

Choose the master folder where you store all your downloaded soundsets

The preset packs will all appear in Data Sources under their various folder and subfolder names, and since the packs are organized by genre, and subdivided by patch category, you can get right to work writing your next massive festival anthem!

Transform your productions with authentic razor-sharp Nord Lead 2X tones. Shop the preset collection below

Note: you can improve the emulator plugin’s sound by using an external reverb effect like ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer, Valhalla Supermassive, Valhalla VintageVerb, or Eventide Blackhole. If you use ValhallaRoom, here are a handful of free presets optimized for modern productions using the Nord Lead 2X that will add professional depth and space to your tracks.

Our Virus C & Virus B Presets Are Compatible With The Usual Suspects Osirus!

You heard it here at the source! All Kulshan Studios hardware Virus C/Virus B soundsets will work 100% in the The Usual Suspects Osirus plugin! All the original filters, modulations, FX, and oscillator waves are perfectly-emulated in the DSP56300 Project’s code clones, and our Trance, Psytrance, Hands Up, and other hardware soundbanks will all load into the plugin with 100% accuracy! Whether you’re using only the software, or keeping it as a backup in case your hardware breaks, you’ll have full access to the exact same sounds no matter what!

You can grab the packs right now and put the power of classic Virus synths in your modern tunes!

So you can just load the soundbanks in, and get busy writing your next club banger with the full power of the Virus C and Virus B!

To load the presets into the plugin, after you install the plugin and get the firmware installed, open the plugin, and go to

Browser

Right click on Data Sources

Select Add Folders

Choose the master folder where you store all your downloaded soundsets

The preset packs will all appear in Data Sources under their various folder and subfolder names, and since the packs are organized by genre, and subdivided by patch category, you can get right to work writing your next massive festival anthem!

Transform your productions with authentic Virus tones. Shop the preset collection below

Note: you can improve the emulator plugin’s dynamic polyphony and increase the available voices of the synth by using an external reverb plugin like ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer, Valhalla Supermassive, or Valhalla VintageVerb, or Eventide Blackhole. If you use ValhallaRoom, here are some free presets optimized for modern productions using the Virus that will add professional depth and space to your tracks

Our JP-8080 & JP-8000 Presets Are Compatible With The Usual Suspects JE-8086 Plugin!

You heard it here at the source! All Kulshan Studios hardware JP-8000/JP-8080 performance banks work on The Usual Suspects JE-8086 VST plugin! All the original SuperSaws, filters, modulations, FX, and oscillator waves are perfectly-emulated in the DSP56300 Project’s code clones, and all our Trance, Techno, Hands Up, House, Hardstyle, Drum n Bass, Ambient, and Synthwave hardware soundbanks will all load into the plugin with 100% accuracy! Whether you’re using only the software, or keeping it as a backup in case your hardware breaks, you’ll have full access to the exact same sounds no matter what!

So if you’ve been wanting to use our sounds in a bit-perfect plugin that IS exactly a JP80x0, your time has come!

You can just load the soundbanks in, and get right to work writing your next club smasher with the full power of the legendary JP-8000!

To load the presets into the plugin, after you install the plugin and get the firmware installed, open the plugin, and go to

Browser

Right click on Data Sources

Select Add Folders

Choose the master folder where you store all your downloaded soundsets

The preset packs will all appear in Data Sources under their various folder and subfolder names, and since the packs are organized by genre, and subdivided by patch category, you can get right to work writing your next massive festival anthem!

Transform your productions with authentic JP-8080 tones. Shop the performance bank collection below

Note: you can improve the emulator plugin’s sound by using an external reverb plugin like ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer, Valhalla Supermassive, or Valhalla VintageVerb, or Eventide Blackhole. If you use ValhallaRoom, here are some free presets optimized for modern productions using the JP that will add professional depth and space to your tracks

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

We’ve been keeping this under wraps for a couple months, but now we are proud to announce that we spent the last few weeks working with DiscoDSP to overhaul and expand the Factory I bank on their Discovery Pro VSTi, and it is part of the latest release of the 8.14 update!

So existing Discovery Pro users, you can grab your updated version, and discover a whole world of epic Trance, Hardstyle, Psytrance, House, Techno, Pop, Drum n Bass, and Dubstep sounds, all ready to use in your next big tune!

Most of the sounds we made for the new Factory I bank were designed using features totally unique to Discovery Pro, so if you like the sound of our banks for the original Nord Lead 2X, you can combine our banks with the new factory sounds, to make even more massive Trance, House, Ambient, DnB, and Industrial tunes!

Our Jupiter-X Banks Are Compatible With Zenology Pro!

You heard it right! Our Jupiter-X banks, the ones included with the JD-08 soundbanks, all load into the Zenology Pro VSTi!

So if you’re a Zenology Pro user in search of some new sounds for it, swing on by our JD-08 section and check out what we’ve got!

GearNews Review of the new Virus C Soundbank!

GearNews’ contributor Rob Puricelli just included Nisli’s latest Virus C/B soundbank in his review of some new synth presets and MPE gear! Check it out and see what the GearNews crew are saying about Nisli’s latest work!

Heka Psytrance Soundset for Access Virus C & Virus B Series & Osirus

$27.00

94 hypnotic Psytrance presets for the legendary Access Virus C and Virus B synthesizer series. These patches are 100% Psytrance-oriented, which means no weird brass, pianos, or FX. The patches in Heka come straight out of songs written using the C. So this soundset is designed to exploit the C’s unison, spectral waves, and multitimbral virtual analog sound engine to their fullest potential!

Patches in Heka are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Amiranu, Invisible Reality, Ovnimoon, Ajja, Phaxe, Ace Ventura, Vini Vici, Blisargon Demogorgon, Atmos, Morten Granau, BliSS, Filt, Liquid Soul, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some patches were set to INIT, so you have room to write and store your own patches without overwriting any existing sounds!

Only additional FX applied to these sounds was ValhallaRoom reverb to the Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Acid sounds.

Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Full On Psytrance, Progressive Psytrance, Dark Psytrance, and Forest Psytrance genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, Acid sounds, and Basses, for quick reference

All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Access Virus C, Virus KC, Virus Rack XL, Virus Indigo 2, or Access Virus B, Virus KB, Virus Rack, or Virus Indigo synthesizer

Also compatible with DiscoDSP Retromulator, Adam Szabo Viper VSTi,* and the The Usual Suspects Osirus

*there will be some differences in some sounds due to differences in the architecture and features between the C, B, and Viper

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New Virus C & Virus B Soundset is out now!

Hey Virus C and B users! Nisli just wrapped up work on another soundbank for the Access Virus C and B! This time it’s a big collection of Psytrance presets, for Full On, Progressive, Dark, and Forest Psytrance!

So if you’ve been wanting some fresh psychedelic sounds for your C, now you have some to work with!

Heka Psytrance Soundset for Access Virus C & Virus B Series & Osirus

$27.00

94 hypnotic Psytrance presets for the legendary Access Virus C and Virus B synthesizer series. These patches are 100% Psytrance-oriented, which means no weird brass, pianos, or FX. The patches in Heka come straight out of songs written using the C. So this soundset is designed to exploit the C’s unison, spectral waves, and multitimbral virtual analog sound engine to their fullest potential!

Patches in Heka are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Amiranu, Invisible Reality, Ovnimoon, Ajja, Phaxe, Ace Ventura, Vini Vici, Blisargon Demogorgon, Atmos, Morten Granau, BliSS, Filt, Liquid Soul, and many many more!

And to cap off the bank some patches were set to INIT, so you have room to write and store your own patches without overwriting any existing sounds!

Only additional FX applied to these sounds was ValhallaRoom reverb to the Leads, Plucks, Pads, and Acid sounds.

Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Full On Psytrance, Progressive Psytrance, Dark Psytrance, and Forest Psytrance genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, Acid sounds, and Basses, for quick reference

All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link

Requirements: Access Virus C, Virus KC, Virus Rack XL, Virus Indigo 2, or Access Virus B, Virus KB, Virus Rack, or Virus Indigo synthesizer

Also compatible with DiscoDSP Retromulator, Adam Szabo Viper VSTi,* and the The Usual Suspects Osirus

*there will be some differences in some sounds due to differences in the architecture and features between the C, B, and Viper

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How The JP-8080 SuperSaw Is Really Made

The secret’s out! The Usual Suspects developers cracked the code on what gives the JP-8000 SuperSaw its unique character, and… it is not what you’d expect

(88.2 kHz sample rate, is the answer, apparently)

The devs go into greater detail in this video

How To Use Access Virus C FX On Other Synths

Love your Virus C FX and wish you could use them on your Moog, or Nord, or Prophet? Don’t know how to make that work?

Wonder no more!

Just plug the output(s) of your source synth into the Inputs on the back of the Virus C, turn on the Virus, and in Bank C, scroll to the end of the bank, to patch #125.

The preset is called >>INPUT<<

Start playing sounds from your source synth, and start experimenting with the FX and filters!

Enjoy!